Prof. Doknan Sheni, the Vice Chancellor, Plateau State University ( PLASU ), Bokkos, on Monday, said the university was set for accreditation of its additional 15 programmes by National Universities Commission ( NUC ). The vice chancellor made the disclosure at a news conference at the university’s Senate Chambers. He said “all is now set for yet another round of accreditation of 15 additional programmes by NUC come May this year. “A total of 17 programmes were accredited by the… Read more

In spite of repeated workers strike that held down academic and other activities at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso in the last one year, the institution has been ranked as the best state university in Nigeria. A statement by the institution’s Head of Public Affairs, Mr Lekan Fadeji, said the latest ranking by Webometric, which puts the Institution as 14th overall in the country and 3680 in the World, goes to confirm that despite the debilitating effect of the industrial crisis,… Read more

... As 15 make First Class list, 74 PhDs, others Olabisi Onabanjo University ( OOU ), Ago - Iwoye, said it has turned out 1,027 graduands with pass degrees despite directive by the National Universities Commission ( NUC ) which abolished the award of a Pass Degree in Nigerian Universities. The NUC directive took effect from the 2013/ 2014 academic session. The University Vice - Chancellor, Prof. Ganiyu Olatunde, said the awardees were not affected by the policy. Ganiyu who made… Read more

The National Examination Committee ( NEC ) on Thursday in Lagos lauded West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for networking with state ministries of education nationwide in to stem examination malpractice. The committee after its 64th meeting, particularly commended the collaborative efforts to identify and carry out disciplinary actions against perpetrators of examination malpractice. NEC said such disciplinary actions were also carried out on supervisors and invigilators who aided and abetted examination malpractice during the 2017 West African Senior School Certificate… Read more

A bill which sought the establishment of the Federal University of Health Sciences Otukpo ( FUHSO ), Benue state, has received the endorsement of the Senate and stakeholders in the education and health sectors of the country. The Federal Ministry of Education, National Universities Commission ( NUC ), Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria ( MDCAN ), Nigeria Medical Association ( NMA ), National Association of Resident Doctors ( NARD ) and League of Idoma Professors ( LIP )… Read more

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency ( NiMet ), says it is set to establish meteorological infrastructure in 34 universities in Nigeria. The Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of NiMet, Prof. Sani Mashi said this in a statement issued by Mr Muntari Ibrahim, the General Manager, Public Relations Unit, NiMet on Thursday in Abuja. Mashi said the establishment of meteorological infrastructure was in furtherance of its target to increase the network of meteorological stations and boost its data collection. The director-general spoke when he… Read more

The Lagos State University ( LASU ) will admit 3,500 students for the 2017/2018 academic session. The university’s Head of Centre for Information, Press and Public Relations, Mr Adekoya Martins, made this known in a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday. Martins said that 36,500 candidates applied for admission in LASU for the academic session. He described as false, purported information on some social media platforms that LASU was set to admit 5,500 out of 36,500 candidates. “The university management… Read more

The Federal University, Dutse ( FUD ) says it has received the approval of the National Universities Commission ( NUC ) to offer five academic programmes. The approval takes effect from the 2017 /2018 academic session. The university’s Registrar, Malam Bukar Usman, said in a statement on Sunday in Dutse that the approved programmes were in the College of Medical and Health Sciences. Usman said the programmes were Bachelor of Surgery, Bachelor of Medicine, (MBBS); Bachelor of Science (B.Sc. Biology);… Read more

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved 14 programmes for the commencement of academic activities of the Technical University (Tech-U), Ibadan. In a release by the media office of the University, the approved courses are to be run in the seven departments and two faculties the newly established institution. The two faculties are Faculties of Natural Sciences and Engineering and Technology. The approved courses with full accreditation are: Microbiology, Industrial Chemistry, Physics with Electronics, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Cyber Security,… Read more

The Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, on Thursday warned Vice-chancellors of Nigeria Universities to avoid making any payment into any account not recognized by the Federal Government. The NUC boss said some persons were using the name of the commission to defraud some vice chancellors for the accreditation of programmes in their universities. He gave the warning at a workshop organized for Directors of Academic Planning of Nigerian Universities, at the headquarters of the commission yesterday in Abuja. Prof.… Read more

The Management of the state-owned Edo University, Iyamho,(EUI) says the institution was established to essentially cater for academically-endowed students and the wealthy in the society. The Vice Chancellor(VC) of the institution, Prof. Emmanuel Aluyor, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Monday, in Iyamho-Uzairue, in the Estako-West local government area of Edo. He said: “the idea behind the establishment of Edo University by the founding fathers is neither to replace nor compete with the existing… Read more

The Federal Government Monday revealed that it plans to establish a National Commission for Secondary Education to regulate secondary education in the country. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu disclosed this in Abuja on Monday when he received students of Nigeria Tulip International Colleges (NTIC) who won 48 awards for Nigeria in mathematics, geometry, robotics and various international academic competitions this year. Adamu said the plan to establish the commission was part of the ongoing reforms in the education sector by the federal government.… Read more

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has accredited no fewer than 25 programmes for Bayero University, Kano (BUK)in 2016. This is contained in a statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs of the University Mr Ahmad Shehu and made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Saturday. According to the statement, the programmes that were granted full accreditation by the Commission cut across 10 faculties in the University. “This was contained in a summary of results of the… Read more